SOF Construction - Page 9

	Finishing up the bow seam.
The cockpit coaming clamped into place.
	The fabric around the coaming pinned in temporarily with nails, then trimmed.
The cockpit coaming after lashing. McKinley liked helping with this part a lot.
	The skinned boat, ready for some water shrinking of the fabric.
A couple of lights inside and the lights off.
	After shrinking and ready to start sealing.
An inside shot after the skinning.
	The first coat of polyurethane on and drying. The skin sucked up over one-half of a quart can. I put the first coat on clear for maximum penetration.
The temperature was in the high 90's, so the poly was dry well ahead of the 4-hour dry time. I waited about six hours before putting on the second coat, just to be sure.
	I tinted the second coat with the "Song Bird" paint tint. The second coat took about one-fifth of the poly that the first coat required. I mixed the tint to the poly at about a 1:5 ratio.
Another view of the "Blue Bomber". The color coat is a little blotchy, but I have about 7 more coats to go so I am not worried.

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